Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-01
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Time and bill books at Dormans.
Conductor Bradley and Freight Agent judi
son, of the Derby, are at the White Noun
tains.
b. B. French division, S. of T., of Orange,
held their annual picnic at Merwin's Point
yesterday.
Meriden liquor dealers propose to vote fol
no license this year. This is because the IL
Ssnse fee has been raised to $500.
Judge David Torrance, of Ansonia, and
family, who have been summering at Fish
er's Island, are expected home to-day.
Policeman Orrs family, who have been
tenting out for some time past near Hines
Point, below Savin Rock, return soon.
A party of young gentlemen and ladies
from West Haven have been spending week
at the Baldwin cottage, Merwin's Point.
The regular monthly business meeting of
the Good Samaritans Temperance society
will be held tonight at 70 Orange street.
The Norwalk horse railroad company has
declared three dividends during the present
year, aggregating thus far total of sixteen
per cent.
Miss NJ. G. Livermore's kindergarten at
81 Wooster Place will reopen Monday, Sept.
9th. Carriage furnished for children living
at distance.
Since July over one hundred girls and
boys, whose ages range from seven to twen-
ty-one years, have been arrested fer various
offenses in this city.
The funeral of William Brown was held at
his late residence, No. 225 Orchard street,
yesterday afternoon. There was lare at
tendance of friends.
William Brown, father of the wife of F.
M. Brown of the dry goods firm of F. M.
Brown & Co., died at his home 215 Orchard
street, Tuesday night.
Rev. B. N. Seymour, of Huntington, is
about to remove from Huntington to Wash
ington, D. c., to become pastor of a newly
organized church there.
Living in Woodbury. is a girl eight years
of age whose weight is only fifteen pounds.
The child is an idiot and has never walked.
The knee joints are about the size of mans
thumb.
Prof, Colby's natural method of teaching
the German language is employed at the Ho-
garth academy. First lesson free next Mon
day afternoon aud evening. Call or send for
circular.
One of the new residences on Whitney
avenue, erected by Mrs. Boardman, has been
rented for a goodly sum to Prof. Gooch much
In advance of the expectation of the real
estate men.
Mr. R. G. Russell has made plans for
handsome house to be erected on the west
side of Orange street, just north of Bishop
for James G. Beecher. 1t will be of brick,
three stories high.
Chiefs Hendricks of New Haven, Eaton of
Hartford, Hyatt of Meriden, Staub Of New
Milford and Carrier of Norwich, will repre-
sent Connecticut at the national meeting OF
fire engineers at Atlanta, Ga, beginning
Sept. 30.
The families of Deacon II. G. Cook and
Henry Spencer, of Ansonia, have leased the
Drawn cottage at Merwin's Point, and will
occupy it during the month of September.
The families of j. F. Guilds and D. II. Smith,
of Ansonia, go to the Point to-day for
weeks stay.
The Rev. John Porter, of Meriden, celes
brated his e3d birthday on Monday, enter
tanning pleasant party of friends, including
his brother, the Hon. Charles Parker, and
their sister, Mrs. Thomas Jerrolds. The
combined ages of the three are over 240
years.
A donkey party was held Monday evening
at the residence of T. w. Beach in Forest.
vile with about fifteen persons in attendance.
Mrs. T. w. Beach won the first prize, Miss
Emma Bray, of New Haven, the second, Abe
Osborn won the first BOBBY prize and Miss
Nettie Osborn the double BOBBY prize.
Norman L. Monroe, the New York pub
Usher, Allie and Robert Bonner, sons of
Robert Bonner, @. 81. Chatfeld and party
of dozen New York friends were in Hart
ford yesterday attending the races. Many
New Haveners took look at Mr.. Monroe's
$40 900 steam yacht "Now and Then" which
lay at the end of Long wharf yesterday. The
yacht is the fastest steam yacht in the world.
When ex-Road Commissioner W. J. At
water was at Bethlehem, White Mountains,
last week he took fancy to splendid coal
black horse, "Vermont Chief" and bought
it. Very soon President Converse, of the
Winchester Arms Co., came up and he too
took fancy to vermont Chief" A bar
gain was struck, the check drawn and the
fine animal is now hitched up daily to the
Winchester Arms Co. g Office carriage.
Marion Dew. Smith, widow of Amos
Smith, died in Chicopee, Mass, and the
burial will take place from the chapel of the
Grove street cemetery here tomorrow. The
late Mr.. Smith taught school here for many
years-for long time at the corner Of Chapel
ann Howe streets. He afterward taught at
the corner of Howard avenue and Putnam
street, in house built by himself across
from the Dubois place. Over sixty years
ago he taught school in Milford. His wife
was Milford lady, daughter of Garrett
Dewitt.